NURSING ENGLISH II

NURSING INTRUCTIONS

A.A. Istri Putra. K, SKep, Ns., MNg.(Sanglah Hospital)

NURSING INSTRUCTIONIntroduction

A nurse must be able to identify the health condition of a patient. Before a thorough

treatment is carried out, nurses must make a record of the signs and symptoms of the

disease.

Accordingly, the recording skill demands a full knowledge of identifying in which part

of the body the illness is. In this section you will study some useful expressions how to

ask your patient to do something.

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS I’d like to check your body temperature Sit down, please Raise your arms, please. We would like to make the beds, please get up. Can you get up alone? Move your head, please. Could you stand up! Now, lift your leg, please. Would you bend your back, please. Lower your foot, please. Would you mind opening your mouth? All right, put out your tongue, please.

Useful Exp (cont)Now, please say ah!Could you touch your toes?Would you mind wriggling your fingers.Lie down, please.Roll your sleeve up, please.Take breath and hold your breath in, please.Take your dress off, please.Keep your eyes shut, please.

Notes.• These expressions teach you polite form in

English. This is important for hospital staff including nurses put patients at their ease by being polite and pleasant.

• Be careful about the way your voice rises and falls when you say these sentences. Hope my way saying these expression will be useful for you all.

QUESTION TAGS (Grammar focus)

• Main keys;

Statement Tag

(+) / (-) (-) / (-)

I am Aren’t I or Am I not

Kalimat perintah Will/would/can/can’t/could you

Kalimat larangan Will you

Kalimat ajakan (let’s) Won’t you / shall we

Nobody, nothing, rarely, seldom, scarcely, never, few, little.

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Practice Practice with your partner or make drama

in front of the class between patient and nurse.

Situation : a nurse gives some instructions to her patient. Ask your patient to do what you said.

Exercise: Make a paragraph by using the following

words; hospital, nurse, patient, instruction, medicine.

Example Caring for a sick person in the hospital over a long period

is hard work and requires stamina, so you must look after your own health. Eating a well-balanced diet is crucial. You also need plenty of rest and sleep. Keep in touch with friends and if you cannot get out to see them, invite them over to see you.

Some conditions must be considered in caring for patients. One of them is patients’ consciousness. If the patient is alert, administer a sedative and an analgesic to decrease their anxiety.

CASE STUDY

• Build an instruction the correct way to wash the patient.

or• Build an instruction the correct way to do the

bed making with a patient still on the bed.Make it by your own words.

THANK YOU AND WISH YOU LUCK